Sassenia groenlandica Forey 1998 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Actinistia - Sasseniidae

Full reference: P. L. Forey. 1998. History of the Coelacanth Fishes 1-440

Belongs to Sassenia according to P. L. Forey 1998

See also Schultze 2004

Sister taxa: Sassenia guttata, Sassenia tuberculata

Type specimen: MGUH VP.2326, a partial skeleton (Head and shoulder girdle plus anterior scales)

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sassenia type-locality (Hold With Hope Land) (Triassic of Greenland)

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